International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 38 Issue 3

The puzzles and paradoxes of human need: an introduction

Leslie Armour

It is difficult to get an adequate account of human needs but there are known needs which, for hundreds of millions of people, are not met. Can the present economic system meet…

A “human ecology economics” framework for Eastern Europe

Roy Allen, Norman Bedford, András Margitay‐Becht

The purpose of this paper is to present a “human ecology economics (HEE)” framework for understanding economic growth and development challenges in Eastern Europe.

Measurement of the social loss of wrong public budget allocation

Nissim Ben‐David, Tchai Tavor

The purpose of this paper is to measure the social loss occurring due to the inability of the government to use the real public demand function.

Do traditional measures of economic performance really satisfy the needs of citizens for a better society?

David Floyd

The purpose of this paper is to present a reasoned critique of traditional measurements of wellbeing in society and offer alternative measurements for the increasingly more global…

Human needs and utility maximization

Katherine B. Freeman

The purpose of this paper is to provide alternatives to the economic man image of human behavior and incorporate these alternative images which are based on motivational needs…

The hierarchy of human needs and their social valuation

Orlando Gomes

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the valuation of human needs within a given hierarchy. An important distinction is made between private utility and social relevance of…

Meeting human need through consumption, work, and leisure

Edward J. O'Boyle

The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective on need that derives from a personalism which is grounded in Catholic social thought and runs counter to the individualism of…

The missing C that threatens to flood us all

Nick Potts

The purpose of this paper is to contrast conventional economists' belief that human needs are optimally satisfied by the market, with Marx's view that capitalism has a narrow…

An economic classification of “health need”

Ruth F.G. Williams, D.P. Doessel

Multiple connotations and conceptions of health need are currently in use. The purpose of this paper is to specify some important distinctions regarding this confusing…